The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-20
President Hadden as a Lecturer.
He Appears on His Judicial Throne
Brimful of Instructions.
Tho Questions of Electric Lights
and Railroads Discussed.
Corporations Must Live Up TO the
Letter of Their Contracts,
Tho Whole Machinery To Be Put in Mo-
tion january to Clean Up ths
City and Start II on an
Upward March. -

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The police aud prisoners al tie police court
yesterday morning were surprised and grati-
fed by the rc0ppcarpncc Of President Had
den on The hcnch. Ills famous associate,
| Squire Powell, sat at his left and g Npccted TO
see the chief sail into the docket with re-
Moved vgor and a severity born Of long alb
scncc. All were disappointed, however, for
after delivering the following addn'ss tho
! great jurist aud model executive officer LETT
! the room;
II desire this morning 10 make some re-
marks, more particularly to the police 10
has been over four months since have had
the pleasure OF meeting many Of you, either
In court or on the street. There has been a
good many changes on the police force. as
SEQ n good many men whose names don't
even know. There has been change In the
board ot fire aud police commissioners by
, death, that able member, Col Montgomery,
| having been removed from our midst As
| well as can 'cc, from an inspection NJ tho
| city, under oil the circumstances YOU have
| done your duty ~ we'll ~ YOU
possibly could. Many obstacles have
been thrown ia your way. We rut
| naturally the streets and alleys like an old
| shoe wcrc run down at the heel, hut during
oil this time peace and quiet prevailed.
| The city has been free from any sickness Of
| malignant character | suppose the ucripts
| lrom the police court have been ample, as |
| have every confidence Ia squire Powell, aud
! Squire Barry during the tlmc hr sat, and
think complete Justice has been done at this
bench
II would call your attention To the I'M
portHnt matter Of lights. When YOU 20
around the STREETS hope you will take "a
minute ni nll the yis lamps and see that they
arr in apple pie order notice that many
oi the glasses are broken out. Have these
gas pu.ts referred ~ the gas company aud
they will have the lights supplied. I lind
also that good many " the baskets have
been knuclrd out by boys All that hayo
been discontinued, call Capita, ksons attcn-
ton g. thcm. let them be- taken on tho
putts. The lighting ~ this city il not very
good The electric lights are also deficient.
] would like tn have the chief of police SEQ
tho Brush electric light company aud ak
them WHOM they will he ready to turn on tho
| lights. We want 10 know when they eAlect
| io have % current of electricity over tho
| lines Also rport all these lirhis that ara
not llghnd. hccatsc W. Fpf' a credit
for them 0f ~ cents night I would roc
have you understand that the rhnmp-nn.
Houston light, ar perfect Thrr j. a light
ON the corner ut Vance aud ncsoto struets,
aud also near DR. lorirr's, that ~ dchrient.
The lamp un Poplar ,tfcct NJ the corner ~
null Run, al-p the one on Inrk.on strset
needs attention. 'hiof hops Vuu will -
about this Mr Semmcs h superintendent.
llcnso notify the pas company totr,ct "a tsost
on Manassa, slr,rt whorc Washington street
would run through.
''licNalk.-Thls {, a thing havcn't
spoken io YOU about iu nearly i've mnsihs.
They are getting in n horrible condition. In
Walking over this city, wherever you scr a
puddle ~ water standing yuu may know
That Sidewalk ~ not iu perfect condition.
Nuuiy TIE proper Iuriirs a. iiN them Over
herr by The Cotton rNrhnngr theru b had
side walk Have " hNcd ai once II brionrs
Ia LuDns tlHpp. Nirht by n e. Toors. on
Second .irot, thcrr is bal place in that
alley. II they intend a. preserve that alley
hs private allcy=likc Whisky Chuto-they
must hN To- II they don't Nish to prrsrfyo
u ns such The city must fN H. On Union
street by ihc ftmuggr ,huwh-Hght In
Whenever 10 rains that s mushy
place. Nhcu,yrf you walk o,tra pavement
and the bucks give up when ID
mins or fr0g, and The water
spurls up you NAV Know that pavement is
40 account At thc bayou un tie .tiih ,ldo
ui Union street thrHr D. very hiI place.
Emut street needs oyrrhhuliur Esfmino
all The plyumcuts leading tD The publlo
schools. wherever The school children have
iu f1 n orlcr Ia rpt to the school hou.,s.
Have those Iu,rmcnig put In COOL order.
Tie public school. arr the nur.url,a nf this
republic / think the public schools nro
making rrnt Roadway in this city. and
ought To- have good aud comfortable houses.
The people nfr paying nt The nate ul ftttsua
year lpr ruod schools. Now Dee o. try anil
have Flni Iniemrnts. both fur those ehil.
.lnUn aud teachers. Tho sidewalks nl tho
riy ull around need nyrfhnuiirr In
fact you all ought tn get little note hools
and make a note ~ those bad placrs Don't
NY, ~ Is not my beat \ polircninn's
ward u all inside thc Taxing District limits
and two miles outside. over here hN l. NJ
Hills there's a bad place. Have That niisI
up. people want Ia ~ 10 the ihcater, aud
whom iry do they must have good walks:
when ihcy wnni to 80 to chunh thcy must
have GOOD walks
Railroads Dummy and STREET Gentle.
men, ihcru !. not q contract slrncd by This
'iiy with either dummy milfad or street
'Ar but siys they shall Keep their trsck even
with the surinrc " the street ~ tbat tbsre
hall be uo lmpcdimcnt 10 public traffic or
gohiclcs. Nov, We arr going io have IL car.
led out w oil these controversies with cor.
D0mtions that was The trouble aud the rcasnn
hey have jumped ON me. Every corpora
Ion that has applied to this city has gnlicn
'actly what they asked for. The ieht has
iecn 10 make these corporations do What
hey said they would. Now, We arc
.oing to make them do ii--thcfr street
nr aud dummies and the big railroads.
wherever you zee u crossing on the street,
md the milfnld runs one way aud q wagon
las io 10 over II out Of urlcr IMPORT 10 tho
ngnccr Right hero On Washington aud
ccond strccts--is that any Kind ufu crossing
1r 500 bales II cotton 30 50 ogcrcyery dayf
Whose business Is II IN lx it7 That i tho
hc business ~ the Charleston Railroad
umpany How arc these crossings
own on the levccf How l. that
{ Market street, would advise
ou all to read those contracts Tnc contract
n.y. that they shall Keep their tracks Ia sucl,
undiilnn that you can drive q vehicle longi-
tiinnlly aud lattudinally. ard have no OBJ
Iucuon. - you eau Just look over these
uasihgs Whenever the trucks II tho dunn
iics OF other tracks, lnicrscVtun cross each
ihcr the patent crossinE must hc put in
ut mil With q niche w u. You must run
ycr them like you didu't know You were
a,sing u ear track. At tho lost meeting %
be- council there was contlliirc on fuil-
ints appointed, composed oi Grillan, Pat.